Development of spectroscopy techniques to investigate the effect of polarization on the propagation of light in ferroic materials

• Grant number: 21/01406-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: April 01, 2021
• End date: July 24, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: José Antonio Eiras
• Grantee: Juliana Mara Pinto de Almeida
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/13769-1 - Multiferroic and ferroelectric materials for energy converters: synthesis, properties, phenomenology and applications, AP.TEM

Abstract

The postdoctoral candidate will contribute to the implementation and automation of fundamental equipment for the characterization of the optical properties of samples of ferroic materials, produced by the team throughout the thematic project. The equipment will allow the investigation of the absorption/transmission spectrum of any type of sample (bulk, thin film or powder) in a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum. In addition, the configurable system will make it possible to highlight any dichroism in the material and, if applicable, with an automatic positioning system, make a topological mapping to identify domains in the sample. (AU)